Core applications for the K Desktop Environment.
Here is an overview of the directories:
- drkonqi: if ever an app crashes (heaven forbid!) then Dr.Konqi will be so
kind and make a stack trace. This is a great help for the
developers to fix the bug.
- kappfinder: searches your hard disk for non-KDE applications, e.g. Acrobat
Reader (tm) and installs those apps under the K start button
- kate: a fast and advanced text editor with nice plugins
- kcheckpass: small program to enter and check passwords, only to be used by
other programs
- kcontrol: the KDE Control Center allows you to tweak the KDE settings
- kdcop: GUI app to browse for DCOP interfaces, can also execute them
- kdebugdialog: allows you to specify which debug messages you want to see
- kdeprint: the KDE printing system
- kdesktop: you guessed it: the desktop above the panel
- kdesu: a graphical front end to "su"
- kdm: replacement for XDM, for those people that like graphical logins
- kfind: find files
- khelpcenter: the app to read all great documentation about KDE
- khotkeys: intercepts keys and can call applications
- kicker: the panel at the botton with the K start button and the
taskbar etc
- kioslave: infrastructure that helps make every application internet
enabled e.g. to directly save a
file to ftp://place.org/dir/file.txt
- klipper: enhances and extenses the X clipboard
- kmenuedit: edit for the menu below the K start button
- konqueror: the file manager and web browser you get easily used to
- kpager: applet to show the contents of the virtual desktops
- kpersonalizer: the customization wizard you get when you first start KDE
- kreadconfig: a tool for shell scripts to get info from KDE's config files
- kscreensaver: the KDE screensaver environment and lot's of savers
- ksmserver: the KDE session manager (saves program status on login,
restarts those program at the next login)
- ksplash: the screen displayed while KDE starts
- kstart: to launch applications with special window properties
such as iconified etc
- ksystraycmd: allows to run any application in the system tray
- ktip: gives you tips how to use KDE
- kwin: the KDE window manager
- kxkb: a keyboard map tool
- legacyimport: odd name for a cute program to load GTK themes
- libkonq: some libraries needed by Konqueror
- nsplugins: together with OSF/Motif or Lesstif allows you to use Netscape
(tm) plugins in Konqueror